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Number: 250/227.22
Name: Radiant energy > Photocells; circuits and apparatus > Optical or pre-photocell system > Light conductor > With light chopping or modulation > Keyboard or other manual switch controlled
Description: Subject matter in which the means to operate the light gate or modulator is a manually operable switch or keyboard.


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7439484 Laser measurement apparatus using self-mixing effect Oct. 21, 2008
7355164 Touch-sensitive momentary-contact switch and control device having the momentary-contact switch Apr. 8, 2008
7161137 Optical transducer system having light emitting elements and light detecting elements both regulable in output characteristics Jan. 9, 2007
7132643 Optical transducer having optical modulator in the vicinity of rotational axis of moving object and musical instrument using the same Nov. 7, 2006
7053360 Capacitive type control member having a touch sensitive detector May. 30, 2006
7049576 Keyboard musical instrument having easily installable optical position transducer with coupler for coupling optical modulator to moving object May. 23, 2006
7015458 High density fiber optic output interface and system Mar. 21, 2006
6975783 Switch control with light beams Dec. 13, 2005
6946980 Input device Sep. 20, 2005
6933435 Easily installable optical position transducer and keyboard musical instrument having the same Aug. 23, 2005
6876482 MEMS device having contact and standoff bumps and related methods Apr. 5, 2005
6870151 Shutter, optical sensor system using the same and shutter holder incorporated therein Mar. 22, 2005
6804427 Optical switch Oct. 12, 2004
6803559 Optically controlled MEM switches Oct. 12, 2004
6765193 Optical touch switch structures Jul. 20, 2004
6747402 EL element lighting unit employing the same EL element Jun. 8, 2004
6741189 Keypad having optical waveguides May. 25, 2004
6740864 Method and apparatus for monitoring optical switches and cross-connects May. 25, 2004
6639205 Optically controlled MEM switches Oct. 28, 2003
6610974 Positioning a movable reflector in an optical switch Aug. 26, 2003
6556149 Switches and joysticks using a non-electrical deformable pressure sensor Apr. 29, 2003
6519381 Optical switch and method of producing the same Feb. 11, 2003
6420642 Automatic player incorporated in keyboard musical instrument and plunger sensor for detecting motion of plunger Jul. 16, 2002
6331704 Hydraulic fluid contamination monitor Dec. 18, 2001
6329647 Compensation reference circuit for opto-mechanical joystick Dec. 11, 2001
6285022 Front accessible optical beam switch Sep. 4, 2001
6252235 Apparatus for imaging fluorescent particles Jun. 26, 2001
6222179 Fiber optic control having joystick Apr. 24, 2001
6130424 Fiber optic control with positive mechanical drive from joy stick Oct. 10, 2000
6127678 Adjustable sensor assembly for printers Oct. 3, 2000
6097025 Light detection device having an optical-path switching mechanism Aug. 1, 2000
6046730 Backlighting scheme for a multimedia terminal keypad Apr. 4, 2000
5973318 Proximity switch system for electronic equipment Oct. 26, 1999
5909028 Position transducer and positional information processing system using the same Jun. 1, 1999
5811791 Method and apparatus for providing a vehicle entertainment control system having an override control switch Sep. 22, 1998
5696863 Distributed fiber optic temperature sensors and systems Dec. 9, 1997
5677688 Optomechanical information entry device Oct. 14, 1997
5539201 Multiple channel driver for fiber optic coupled sensors and switches Jul. 23, 1996
5499313 Distributed and spatially averaged fiber optic temperature sensors and method using same Mar. 12, 1996
5471359 Polyphase current monitor and control system Nov. 28, 1995
5457757 Optical control panel Oct. 10, 1995
5430261 Switch assembly including sequential switch rocker/lever operating mechanism Jul. 4, 1995
5422493 Asynchronous bidirectional node switch Jun. 6, 1995
5410150 Fiber optic controller with an interface having an emitting diode and a photodetector Apr. 25, 1995
5363463 Remote sensing of physical variables with fiber optic systems Nov. 8, 1994
5347123 Optical control switch device having a plurality of light receptors Sep. 13, 1994
5266949 Lighted electronic keyboard Nov. 30, 1993
5175780 Optical fiber switch Dec. 29, 1992
5138141 Method and apparatus for repeating the output of an optical scanner Aug. 11, 1992
5090791 Self-illuminated fibre optic switch Feb. 25, 1992

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